The Club was founded in October 1968 by the Brisbane Ekibin Lions Club. We were Charted on the 25th January 1969 by the District Governor at the time, Lion Jim Casey, with 28 members. A couple of interesting projects in our early years were a Dogathon (a walkathon with dogs (about 30) and a Glaucoma Screening at the Holland Park State School (one of the many projects held with and for the school), we processed over 180 people on the day and had seven positive results.

We participated in the many Multiple District projects over the years: like,

• Lions Youth of the Year
• Lions Personality Quest
• Lions Youth Exchange
• Lions Christmas Cakes
• Lions Mints; and
• Leos Clubs.

 Since Chartered membership has varied between 11 and 35.

 Our first major project came about in 1975 when the Club formed the Lions Leukaemia Foundation (now the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia) under the then President Keith Ledger (the first President of the Leukaemia Foundation). This created major work for the Club with the purchasing and the renovation of houses and units for the families of the leukaemia patients and has over the years grown into a major charity. 

We ran the District 201 Q5 Convention in 1982 at Coolangatta Tweed Heads which turned out to be a successful and happy few days. We even had the Seekers as our Friday night entertainment. 

Our fund raising at this time revolved around meat trays and the Lucky Number machines in the Holland Park Hotel - we have been very fortunate over a period of 20 to 30 years to have a good relationship with the hotel and it continues to this day. 

Other major projects undertaken by the Club have been the:

• State Final of the Youth of the Year Quest at Brisbane City Hall with around 700 people present
• Fund raising for the Lions Cord Blood Bank at the Mater Hospitals Complex
• Managing the Lions Paralympic Appeal on four occasions
• and now being involved in the management of the Lions Australia Operation Smile project; just to mention a few.

 Many wonderful people have joined our Club and are working on innumerable projects carried out all in the tradition of the Lions motto:
 

                                                        “WE SERVE”

 
Ordinary people doing extraordinary things - supporting people with disabilities, community greening and fundraising for Local, National and International projects and natural disasters.

 
 

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Our 1.3 million men and women in 205 countries and geographic areas conduct vision and health screenings, build parks, support eye hospitals, award scholarships, assist youth, provide help in time of disaster and much more. 

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